Meal Plan Monday

Hey dudes! I hope you had a nice Monday. 🙂

I know I did. I got a great workout in this AM, picked up my groceries, and spent some time meal planning. I’ll get to that in a second, though, fiiiiiiiirst of all I’d like to mention how I think it’s quite amusing how in my last post, I shared with you what a typical day looks like for me. Well, that’s all going to be changing, because I’ve officially accepted a full-time position and I go back to work full-time for the first time since Em has been born a week from today! It’s safe to say that I am a pleasant combination of totally excited and terrified!

Excited by the new opportunity, the fabulous company I’m going to be working for, the work that I will be doing, and wearing more than just yoga pants all week. 😉

The terror is really just that someone who is NOT me will be taking care of my baby cakes. *YIKES*

I’ve met the daycare staff and they are lovely, wonderful women. I’m totally confident in their abilities. I just think the whole nursing-on-demand for 10 months and rarely taking a bottle will be a little rough for the first week. But I know she’s a tough little cookie and we’ll both power through it. Ultimately, I know that this is the right time and opportunity and that it’s what is best for me and my family. I plan to spend the next week snuggling my little munchkin butt as much as she can stand and trying to get into some semblance of a routine to try and make out transition easier. I’d love some tips from any working momma’s out there!

Anywho, as for my meal planning, the PiYo meal plan is fairly straight forward and makes a whole lot of sense to me. Although based on my weight I technically fall into the “Plan A,” because I’m still nursing I get to bump up the the second tier and follow the eating plan for “Plan B” which constitutes 1500-1799 calories a day and is broken down into 5 categories. Thank goodness for that. I am seriously an eating machine. Planning it out really helps to keep in check though. Knowing exactly what I’m going to eat in a day before I eat it is also particularly helpful what with having a baby and all. It means if she’s down for a nap I know precisely what I need to do for my lunch of snack and don’t need to dilly dally thinking about it. I know that some people find meal planning boring and tedious, but I quite enjoy it. I, personally, have been using a spreadsheet in Google Docs to keep track of everything. Below is my meal plan for the upcoming week.

5 Primary Veg

2 Secondary Veg & Grains

2 Fresh Fruit

4 Healthy Fats

5 Lean Protein

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Breakfast

Shakeology, skim milk

Shakeology, skim milk

Shakeology, skim milk

chocolate protein,
skim milk, greek yogurt

2 eggs

2 eggs, 2 chicken sausages

blueberries

blueberries

banana

banana

cheddar cheese, avocado

cheddar cheese

almond butter

almond butter

almond butter

oatmeal

Ezekiel toast (2x)

potatoes

spinach

spinach

peanut butter

spinach

peppers, onions, spinach

Snack

string cheese

Ezekiel toast (1x)

hard boiled egg (2x)

grapes

grapes

grapes

hard boiled egg, chicken sausage

avocado

hard boiled egg

Lunch

turkey meatballs

chicken

chicken

chicken

chicken

chicken

broccoli

broccoli

broccoli

avocado

black beans

avocado

ww pasta

sweet potato

sweet potato

spinach, peppers, tomatoes

romaine, peppers, onions, tomatoes

spinach, peppers, tomatoes

avocado

Snack

chicken

peas, carrots

hummus

hummus

chocolate protein,
skim milk

chocolate protein,
skim milk

peas, carrots

peas, carrots

banana

banana

peanut butter

peanut butter

spinach

spinach

Dinner

bbq chicken

turkey taco meat

chicken

asian turkey

pepperoni

grilled chicken

baked potato

romaine, tomatoes, carrots, peppers, onions, salsa

peppers

lettucce, peppers, scallion, snow peas

cauliflower, tomatoes

grilled peppers and zucchini

cheddar cheese

cheddar cheese

quinoa

edamame, brown rice

mozzarella

mozzarella

romaine, tomatoes, carrots, peppers, onions

pesto, mozzarella

Snack

banana

greek yogurt

grapes

greek yogurt

peanut butter

banana

peanut butter

Workout

Sweat

Hardcore to the Floor

Buns

Drench

Strength Intervals

Sweat

TOTALS

5

5

5

5

5

5

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

4

4

4

4

4

4

5

5

5

5

5

5

It may seem daunting, but it’s really not. Especially since I eat so many of the same things on different days, I can just copy and paste and calculate.

I plan to go more into detail about PiYo and my experience with it when I finish the program. The week will finish up the first month – I’m down 3 pounds since I started and I definitely notice that I feel stronger doing certain things – particularly triceps push-ups!

That about wraps it up for me tonight, though, with all of the thunder outside it’s about time I shut it down.